“Other rules call for at least three sober
fraternity brothers to monitor alcohol distribution
and the stairways to residential rooms at each
party. At large parties, a hired security guard must
monitor entrances, keeping out anyone not on a
printed guest list.”

“Block Party — the off-campus, unsanctioned bash
that is the unofficial start to the school year for
many students — was alive and well this past
weekend, despite U-Va. administration efforts to
discourage freshmen and athletes from attending.”

“It will be difficult to do. The obvious solutions,
like bans and random searches of university-owned
residences, might not work. But University of
Virginia has to resolve to get tough before anything
happens that leads to an answer.”

“A University of Virginia board on Tuesday honed in
on alcohol as a contributing factor in sexual
assaults on campus, with one member calling for more
aggressively enforcing the law banning underage
drinking.”

“A federal appeals court has ruled that student
newspapers at Virginia Tech and the University of
Virginia can publish advertisements for alcohol
despite a regulation banning such ads that the state
says is meant to curb underage drinking.”

“A police investigation that was launched into a
possible hazing incident at the University of
Virginia after a student was rushed to the hospital
after he was forced to eat a mixture of dog food,
matzo balls, gefilte fish and soy sauce in one
sitting.”

“Sharon Love has sued the University of Virginia
men's lacrosse coach and other athletic officials
for negligence in the 2010 death of her daughter,
Yeardley, saying they ignored previous violent,
drunken behavior by the player who was ultimately
convicted of murdering her.”

Re: Case involving rape 21 years ago---“"It's
interesting that those very attorneys who defended
both William Beebe and George Huguely used alcohol
as the reason why their clients should be treated
with mercy," says Seccuro, noting that in both cases
alcohol wasn't employed merely to defend but to also
go on the attack. "Did I drink the night I was
assaulted?" says [the victim]. "Yes. Did Yeardley
Love drink the night she was murdered? Yes. I fail
to see how that somehow would have exonerated a
rapist and now, a murderer."”

“At the University of Virginia, students are usually
given about 48 hours to call their parents before
school officials do. The calls are made in the most
serious cases, such as an arrest or hospitalization,
or if a student shows an ongoing pattern of
intoxication.”

"”I think people in college get swept up in the
whole college atmosphere," ….. said, "I talked to
one friend, she actually ended up in the emergency
room after a night of drinking. She kept falling and
hitting her head and got a concussion."”

“It has trained more than 1,500 students, faculty
and staff to combat what students dubbed the
"bystander effect," which "results in the acceptance
of disrespectful behavior among peers, including but
not limited to acts of bias, derogatory comments,
drug and alcohol abuse and violence," according to
the organization's mission.”

“University of Virginia’s substance abuse prevention
center notes that 71 percent of U-Va. students drink
on a typical Saturday night, with 20 percent
consuming more than 6 standard drinks and 18 percent
consuming four to five.” “But this should not
happen at college. It’s an adult tragedy with adult
consequences. Where were the adults?”

“But trial testimony over the past two weeks from
witnesses, most of them former U.Va. students, has
repeatedly shown that Huguely, now 24, was part of a
college culture where some young people drink before
working on papers, "pregame" before going to bars
and drink to get drunk almost every time.”

“Multiple friends and teammates of Huguely's said
they had grown worried about amount of alcohol the
star lacrosse player was drinking. One friend said
that Huguely would drink four times a week, getting
drunk each time.”

Student article----“ The study revealed that victims
rarely pressed charges and if they did it was very
hard to prove their allegations because of a lack of
evidence. “I’ve been in this office for more than
20 years and can count the number of criminal
charges that were filed against U.Va. students for
sexual assault on two hands,”’ “Prosecution becomes
particularly difficult when alcohol is involved.”

“The analysis of seven schools in Virginia found
that campus police investigated 62 reported sex
crimes during calendar years 2008, 2009 and 2010,
with just seven cases resulting in arrests and four
in convictions. Remarkably, none of the convictions
involved a student-on-student attack, the most
common type of campus sexual assault.”” “The
reported assaults are often clouded by alcohol,
which had been consumed by the victim, the alleged
assailant or both in at least 40 percent of the
cases.” “If alcohol is involved and the assault
occurs in a party atmosphere, the victim may begin
to question herself and even receive criticism from
friends.”

“A student e-mailed University of Virginia President
Teresa A. Sullivan last week saying she and her
sorority sisters didn't feel safe walking home after
the bars closed at 2 a.m. She'll look into it,
Sullivan said she told the student, but added some
advice: "Not to sound like your mother or anything,
but I don't think you should be walking alone at
that time in the morning no matter how safe you
feel," she said.”

Authored by a past victim of campus rape: “So much
has been made about this being a lacrosse issue, a
rich white kid issue, an alcohol issue, an
entitlement issue. While there may be a bit of truth
there, to me, it's a University of Virginia issue.
Because of the work I have done on behalf of campus
survivors of crime, I know that Mr. Jefferson's
Academical Village has a bigger problem than most
campuses.”

Article covers various approaches to and causes of
sexual violence in addition to: "Our findings call
into question the assertions of some advocates who
claim that lowering the drinking age to 18 would be
a useful strategy for reducing harm associated with
alcohol consumption,"

“Police charged Virginia Tech students with nearly
three times as many on-campus alcohol-related crimes
compared to other universities in 2008.” “Virginia
Tech reported 219 liquor law arrests, while JMU
reported 87 and the University of Virginia reported
80. In addition, 598 alcohol violations were
referred for disciplinary action at Tech, 573 at JMU
and 16 at U.Va”

“A federal appeals court has ruled that student
newspapers at Virginia Tech and the University of
Virginia can publish advertisements for alcohol
despite a regulation banning such ads that the state
says is meant to curb underage drinking.”

Recent Alcohol-Related
Tragedies involving University of Virginia Students

In October 2004 one of the UVA students, who had
been one of his best friends since grade school
moved in with Lee temporarily. On Memorial day, he
and his friend Brad went to a private party at a
fellow student's home. The house was very secluded
with acreage and included UVA students and young
people from the area. They had an ice luge and
apparently, dares for who could drink the most from
the luge. Both boys were drinking. Lee feel asleep
and never woke up.

Matthew Pearlstone, March 17, 2006, Cornell
University (while visiting University of Virginia)

Yeardley lost her life after being assaulted by a
male student while apparently rejecting advances to
continue a prior relationship. The assailant had a
history of violence associated with excessive use of
alcohol. Widely this widely publicized tragedy,
the University and area and national media
scrutinized the often deadly consequences of
acquiescing to the excessive use of alcohol on many
college campuses.

Follow the links for article's
detailing the tragic incidents for each individual.